Russia's new education minister wants to mandate Soviet-era farm labor for students

Russian Education and Science Minister Olga Vasilieva called for a return to mandatory farm labor for school children, according to Russian state-operated news agency RIA Novosti via The Moscow Times. Vasilieva said that students should be placed in "agricultural brigades" and forced to clean schools "like we always used to do." It is one of the first signals from Vasilieva, who was appointed by Russian president Vladimir Putin on August 9, on how she aims to govern her post.
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